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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 by Various

Wonder-Box Tales by Jean Ingelow

The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Thornton W. Burgess

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

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Eagle in Stream Eddie

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Potter villainess originally not pleased by role

'Potter' villainess originally not pleased by role

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BC Cartoonist dies drawing

BC cartoonist dies while drawing

Johnny Hart, creator of popular cartoons BC and The Wizard of Id, dies of a stroke while at his storyboard.

Blades is Number one

Blades Grinds Up Grindhouse

Apparently, the Easter bunny and machine gun-legged women don't mix.

A double dose of shocksploitation from Hollywood's reigning renegade auteurs was no match for toe loops and triple axels as Will Ferrell and Jon Heder's figure-skating farce, "Blades of Glory," ground Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's "Grindhouse" to a pulp at the box office this weekend.

For the second weekend in a row, the Paramount-DreamWorks comedy about figure skating's first men's pair iced the competition, grossing a cool $23 million.

"Grindhouse" failed to match the hype with just $11.6 million in fourth place.

Here's a rundown of the top-grossing weekend films:

1. "Blades of Glory," $23 million
2. "Meet the Robinsons," $17 million
3. "Are We Done Yet?," $15 million
4. "Grindhouse," $11.6 million
5. "The Reaping," $10.1 million

Fast Songs for Fast Payoff

Drilling Down: Fast Songs for Fast Payoff on Country Radio

Up-tempo country songs bring in listeners when they first hit the airwaves, while new slow songs have no net effect.

***Fast Songs > Slow Songs, even for starters.  If you don't want to be a balladeer forever, don't start with a slow song as a first single.

Online Booksellers Face Higher Costs

E-Commerce Report : Online Booksellers Face Higher Costs for Shipping Abroad

Small used- and rare-book merchants say they will suffer since they rely on foreign demand.

Grindhouse opens at number 4

"Grindhouse" suffers box office horror (Reuters)

Reuters - Bad-boy directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez fell victims to a box office bloodbath on Sunday as their ambitious double feature "Grindhouse" bombed during its first weekend of release.

***Opening sales $11 million.  Rank, number 4

Sol LeWitt, 78

Artist Sol LeWitt dies at 78 (AP)

AP - Sol LeWitt, an artist known for his dynamic wall paintings and as a founder of minimal and conceptual art styles, died Sunday in New York, according to published reports.

Sopranos finale

Sopranos finale begins on downbeat note (Reuters)

Reuters - And so begins the last dance of the wiseguys.

Holy Sh*t movie moments

Top 15 "HOLY SH*T" movie moments

A collection of vid clips showcasing some of the greatest jaw-dropping moments in film history...

27 Things Computers Can Do in Movies

Things Computers Can Do in Movies

27 Things That Computers Can Do Only in Movies